. History of the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers Corn exchange regiment, from their first engagement at Antietam to Appomattox. To which is added a record of its organization and a complete roster. Fully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations, with addenda . r would have sought to avoid. That Leeshould have avoided battle where he assaulted will be con-ceded. That neither his communications, his supplies, nor hisammunition, at the time of Gettysburg, had yet been so seri-ously threatened as to force him to an engagement, must alsobe conceded. So when, inspired by hi
. History of the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers Corn exchange regiment, from their first engagement at Antietam to Appomattox. To which is added a record of its organization and a complete roster. Fully illustrated with maps, portraits, and over one hundred illustrations, with addenda . r would have sought to avoid. That Leeshould have avoided battle where he assaulted will be con-ceded. That neither his communications, his supplies, nor hisammunition, at the time of Gettysburg, had yet been so seri-ously threatened as to force him to an engagement, must alsobe conceded. So when, inspired by his first days success, hewas tempted to his third days defeat and compelled to therarely successful and most unusual effort to pierce his enemyscentre, he signally failed to maintain the reputation for genius — 2/1 which his followers had claimed for him, and with which many-loyal Northern men yet credit him, as above their own militarychieftains. If there ever was a battle won through the courage and in-telligence of the rank and file of the army, without planningstrategetical movements or audible commands from their offi-cers, it was Gettysburg. Such is now the universal opinionof the men who fought there. The battle was eminently apeoples fight, and the sturdy Northmen CORPORAL JOHN MICHENER. CHAPTER X. FROM GETTYSBURG TO WARRENTOWN. We stormed no time-worn castle walls, * Nor camped in grand old marble halls;But on the endless Roll of FameBy deeds of blood we placed a nameThat will remain till times no more. THE army loosened its soaking vestments to permit thebright rays of the morning sun to absorb the heavymoisture with which the severe storm had laden all the soldierwore or carried. The enemy had disappeared. Other corpswere in pursuit, but the 5th, fortunate in its opportunity todry out thoroughly, did not move until six oclock in the afternoon, and on the night of the 5th of July bivouacked abouteleven oclock on the banks of Marsh Creek, some distancebelow its
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